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Art and Drama

Projects in this topic area include:Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in arts educationUsing embodied learning through guided re-enactment and drama pedagogy in high school settings

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy
Faculty
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
School
School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education

A novel diagnostic test for lung transplant rejection – circulating cell-free methylated DNA

Lung transplantation is a complex medical procedure for those with advanced lung disease. Average survival following lung transplantation is shorter than for any other solid organ. The median survival time of a lung transplant recipient is only 8 years due to a high incidence (over 75% at 10 years) of chronic rejection (also called chronic lung allograft dysfunction – CLAD). The clinical course of CLAD is progressive with irreversible lung injury that ultimately leads to lung failure. The median survival …

Study level
PhD
Faculty
Faculty of Health
School
School of Biomedical Sciences
Research centre(s)
Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health

Novel therapeutic strategies to treat advanced colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is a very common disease, with over 15,000 new cases diagnosed in Australia annually. Metastatic colorectal cancer describes advanced disease that has spread beyond the primary site. This is very aggressive and incurable in the vast majority of these patients. To improve outcomes for colorectal cancer, we are using cutting edge genomic and cell biology techniques to understand disease heterogeneity and optimise drug response. We are developing novel therapeutic interventions based on unique molecular signatures and are testing …

Study level
Master of Philosophy, Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Health
School
School of Biomedical Sciences

Understanding urban complexity for climate resilience

Addressing the urgent need for community resilience amid escalating climate risks, including floods, extreme heat, and bushfires, is crucial for burgeoning cities. These cities comprise intricate networks of social, ecological, physical, and technological subsystems with structural and functional interdependencies. Understanding this complexity is vital for evaluating a city's resilience to climate risks and formulating effective policies and planning strategies. By applying complexity science principles, researchers can illuminate the dynamic relationships within these networks, revealing opportunities for sustainable urban development and …

Study level
PhD
School
School of Architecture and Built Environment
Research centre(s)

Centre for the Environment

Customised flexible work

Developing and supporting flexible or customised work arrangements is a key HR strategy in many organisations and has been shown to have benefits for both business and individual employees. However, research has also demonstrated the significant problem of policy-utilisation gaps in relation to flexible work, including concerns about unequal access, low uptake amongst men and penalties that result from adjusting standard working arrangements.Student projects are available in this field of research and there is the possibility of utilising existing and …

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours
School
null
Research centre(s)
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New technology and the law

Computer vision has developed to a point where machines using artificial intelligence are better and faster than humans at performing many vision-related tasks. For example, we are now often processed through customs based solely on face recognition software. Add to this the fact that the average Australian is photographed on CCTV cameras around 75 times per day. Commercial applications of face recognition technology include Microsoft's Face Application Programming Interface that can be used to classify face images based on gender, …

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy
School
null
Research centre(s)
null
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Convergence of virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technologies to enhance energy resilience

A convergence of virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technologies can provide multifaceted benefits like digital learning processes, generating a collaborative ecosystem between technological and human assets (Martínez-Gutiérrez et al., 2023). When digital twins are adopted, they can provide sustainable energy solutions, such as energy efficiency optimisation or renewable energy integration (Coelho et al., 2024).In this project we investigate the adoption of digital twins and how this can drive the sustainable energy transition in VR environments from a cognitive computing …

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours, Vacation research experience scheme
School
School of Information Systems
Research centre(s)
Centre for Data Science

Next-generation traffic signals for Safe, Efficient and Green Intersections

There is a full PhD scholarship available in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to support the newly awarded ARC Linkage Project on Next-generation traffic signals using artificial intelligence-based video analytics for safe, efficient and green intersections. The stipend has a cash value of $32,500 per annum for 3 years.To apply for this position, please submit the following documents via email to m1.haque@qut.edu.au:a detailed curriculum vitae (CV) highlighting academic achievements, research experience and …

Study level
PhD
School
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Advancing monitoring of diverse grass pollen with computer vision

We're seeking a motivated student to join the multidisciplinary project that brings together computer vision and deep learning field with pollen aerobiology. This is a fully funded PhD program for a three-year period starting in 2024. It's part of the project funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Program—Digitally-Integrated Smart Sensing of Diverse Airborne Grass Pollen Sources. The successful candidate will be primarily based in the Allergy Research Group at QUT's Kelvin Grove campus.Grass pollen is the main outdoor allergen …

Study level
PhD
School
School of Biomedical Sciences
Research centre(s)
Centre for Robotics
Centre for Immunology and Infection Control

Renewal and differentiation in human neural stem cells and their application to understanding neurological disorders

The effective regeneration of brain tissue requires an understanding of the factors mediating the damage as well as the integration of new/replacement cells to form new functional neural networks. The isolation and expansion of human stem cells and limited neural lineage differentiation have provided the foundation for strategies in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. We utilise iPSC-derived NPCs and patient-derived (Alzheimer’s disease; AD) iPSCs and neural lineage differentiation of hMSCs, iPSC NPCs and AD iPSCs in neuronal and glial culture …

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy, Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Health
School
School of Biomedical Sciences

Creating inclusive organisations

Organisations are increasingly striving to implement inclusive HRM practices that will lead to sustainable employment for people with disabilities. Yet a low employment rate for people with disabilities persists in Australia. Arguably, sustainable employment of people with disability sits at the nexus of the individual, organisations and society. Hence this topic could be explored from the individual and/or organisational perspective. There are opportunities for student projects in the broad area of creating inclusive organisational environments including, but not limited to:Inclusive …

Study level
PhD, Master of Philosophy
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Law
School
School of Management

Continual learning system

AI that is pre-programmed is limited in its tasks and human bias. Learning systems offer richer decision-making behaviors where collaborative projects have led to the following three systems that require integration:A symbolic learning system that can continually learn Boolean classification problems as they are presented to it. But this needs to be extended to real-valued, noisy and uncertain classification problems.A lateralized system that can consider an input at the constituent level and the holistic level simultaneously, which enables flexible and …

Study level
PhD
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
School
School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics

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